What Is Pulmonary Tuberculosis?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
9. Risk Factors
Nobody is safe from pulmonary tuberculosis, unless they have been vaccinated. In addition to non-vaccinated people, there are also other people categories that are most at risk. This includes people that have a weakened immune system for reasons already mentioned.
People that work in health care are also more at risk as they are more likely to be exposed to it. Children that are around infected adults are also more likely to get TB. Traveling to developing parts of the world will also increase somebody’s chances of catching the disease. People that use drugs intravenously also put themselves at a higher risk.
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